LEADER 00000nim a22005415a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191126121930.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 160317s2010 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 9780061988790 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 0061988790 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780061988790_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11587563 037 11587563|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 823/.0108092|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 245 00 Stories :|ball-new tales|h[Hoopla electronic resource]. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bHarperAudio,|c2010. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (18hr., 12 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Anne Bobby, Jonathan Davis, Peter Francis James, Katherine Kellgren, and Euan Morton. Introduction read by Neil Gaiman. 520 "The joy of fiction is the joy of the imagination. . . ." The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more-to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio prove with this outstanding collection, when it comes to great fiction, all genres are equal. Stories is a groundbreaking anthology that reinvigorates, expands, and redefines the limits of imaginative fiction and affords some of the best writers in the world-from Peter Straub and Chuck Palahniuk to Roddy Doyle and Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O'Nan and Joyce Carol Oates to Walter Mosley and Jodi Picoult-the opportunity to work together, defend their craft, and realign misconceptions. Gaiman, a literary magician whose acclaimed work defies easy categorization and transcends all boundaries, and "master anthologist" (Booklist) Sarrantonio personally invited, read, and selected all the stories in this collection, and their standard for this "new literature of the imagination" is high. "We wanted to read stories that used a lightning-flash of magic as a way of showing us something we have already seen a thousand times as if we have never seen it at all." Joe Hill boldly aligns theme and form in his disturbing tale of a man's descent into evil in "Devil on the Staircase." In "Catch and Release," Lawrence Block tells of a seasoned fisherman with a talent for catching a bite of another sort. Carolyn Parkhurst adds a dark twist to sibling rivalry in "Unwell." Joanne Harris weaves a tale of ancient gods in modern New York in "Wildfire in Manhattan." Vengeance is the heart of Richard Adams's "The Knife." Jeffery Deaver introduces a dedicated psychologist whose mission in life is to save people in "The Therapist." A chilling punishment befitting an unspeakable crime is at the dark heart of Neil Gaiman's novelette "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains." As it transforms your view of the world, this brilliant and visionary volume-sure to become a classic-will ignite a new appreciation for the limitless realm of exceptional fiction. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Short stories, American. 650 0 Short stories, English. 650 0 American fiction|y21st century. 650 0 English fiction|y21st century. 700 1 Gaiman, Neil,|eeditor,|enarrator. 700 1 Sarrantonio, Al,|eeditor. 700 1 Bobby, Anne,|d1967-|enarrator. 700 1 Davis, Jonathan|c(Narrator),|enarrator. 700 1 James, Peter Francis,|enarrator. 700 1 Kellgren, Katherine,|enarrator. 700 1 Morton, Euan,|d1977-|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11587563?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780061988790_180.jpeg